Absolute dedication to creating by Hideyuki Nagai.

Handiwork: Japanese artist Nagai Hideyuki creates there realistic 3-D drawings just by using his pencils, sketchbooks and his eye for detail

Trompe l'oeil: Hideyuki says he is inspired by English artist Julian Beever's street art, which he does in chalk on pavements

Fresh perspective: Hideyuki uses unusual angles to make drawings that pop off the page, like this seated gremlin

Hideyuki, 21, from Japan, uses just his pencil to conjure up amazing sketches that fool the brain.

His ability to draw so well in three-dimensions came from the restrictions on street artists in Japan. He wanted to work to resemble street art that pops out from walls.

He was inspired by a technique known professionally as anamorphosis as used by British artist Julian Beever who creates similarly elaborate 'three-dimensional' work when viewed from the right angle on pavements using chalk.

Because of stricter laws in Japan, Hideyuki has been restricted to the confines of his sketchbook but it has not stopped him making equally impressive artwork, letting his imagination run riot with everything from gremlins to trains to gaping mouths.

Work in progress: 21-year-old Nagai Hideyuki ponders one of his works with painstaking attention to detail

Optical illusions: The young Japanese artist can make objects really appear like they are reaching out of the page

Cute: A little monster pops out of Hideyuki's palm with a technique professionally called anamorphosis

Humourous: This monster appears to be balancing a rubber at the end of his tongue as his gruesome head comes out of the paper

Optical trick: Clever uses of shadow mean that even the artist's most imaginative drawings still look realistic

These eye-popping two-dimensional sketches look as though they are about to leap off the page thanks to Japanese artist Nagai Hideyuki's clever pencil work.
Hideyuki, 21, creates tricks of perspective by playing with where light and shadows would fall if the object really were coming out to meet you.
Once propped against a wall these vivid optical illusions work perfectly to create a trompe l'oeil effects.He was inspired by a technique known professionally as anamorphosis as used by British artist Julian Beever who creates similarly elaborate 'three-dimensional' work when viewed from the right angle on pavements using chalk.
Because of stricter laws in Japan, Hideyuki has been restricted to the confines of his sketchbook but it has not stopped him making equally impressive artwork, letting his imagination run riot with everything from gremlins to trains to gaping mouths.